Medicare oversight cites MGH

'Jeopardy' designation prompted by attempted suicide is dropped

5:37 AM,
Aug. 24, 2013

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An attempted suicide at OhioHealth Marion General Hospital led to it receiving a designation that it put patients in jeopardy.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services dropped the designation after the hospital took action to prevent further similar incidents, said Elizabeth Surgener, of the Chicago office of the Medicare/Medicaid oversight organization.

"There is some potential to terminate the provider agreement with the hospital, but that would be rare for that to happen," Surgener said, referring to Medicare services on Friday afternoon. ...